water infrastructure

Please check out the article, Arrests and Injuries as Mexicali Resiste Defends Blockade Against Police Attack for information on the situation with the resistance against the Constellation Brands factory in Mexicali. This factory was discussed a bit in Minute 323 US-Mexico Water Agreement, Part 1. Advertisements

While doing some research the other day, I came across some news about one of the projects some of the NGOs I focus on causing some environmental problems. NGOs such as Pronatura Noroeste and the Sonoran Institute arranged for water from Las Arenitas wastewater plant to bolster the Hardy River via wetlands created and maintained…

Update: the agreement was approved 09/27/17 The pressure is on to finalize the US Mexico water agreement currently being referred to as Minute 32X. Its predecessor, Minute 319, doesn’t expire until the end of 2017, but there are various reasons some are interested in extending it sooner than later. Problems with Minute 319 were…

Oscar Velázquez reports for the Tribuna de San Luis that Rigoberto Montoya Domínguez was attacked while trying to enter the Mexicali office of the Mexican water department, Conagua for a meeting. The ex-president of the Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (SRL) of Irrigation District 014 of the Colorado River and two (or three, according to Semanario…

Arizona’s chances of facing reductions to the state’s portion of water from the Colorado River by 2018 are close to 50%. Various water experts have asserted that addressing unresolved tribal water rights claims should be a top priority. Arizona’s priorities become clear as we see whose access to the water remains more secure.

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